METRO BRIEFING | NEW YORK; Manhattan: Labor Leader's Trial Delayed

By ALAN FEUER

Published: January 11, 2008

The federal trial of Brian M. McLaughlin, the former president of the New York City Central Labor Council, was pushed back on Thursday and is now scheduled to begin on March 10. Mr. McLaughlin, left, who is accused of illegally obtaining $2.2 million through embezzlement, fraud and bribes, was to have gone on trial in Federal District Court at the end of the month, but in court on Thursday, Judge Richard J. Sullivan said scheduling conflicts required a delay. Mr. McLaughlin, who is free on $250,000 bail, has been charged with stealing from his own organization, the State Assembly and a Little League team in Queens.